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February 10, 2009

Making Ends Meet

Michael Delaney is bucking some major economic trends. Instead of losing jobs, he’s landing them. It wasn’t always this way for Michael. In the 90s, he lived comfortably in Silicon Valley. Then the dot com bubble burst. At that time, Michael could not have imagined the jobs that would follow: monkey keeper, deli counter attendant, hardware store clerk. Eventually Michael ended up back at a desk job, but this time everything is different. In fact, most of the time he wishes he could go back to that job at the zoo.

Dick speaks with occasional guest Ismail Suayah, a Libyan-American, about his first trip back to Libya since Muammar Gaddafi 's rule ended. Ismail says there is a lighter mood, but many still carry weapons.

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Leslie Hampel lost her consulting job this fall after her firm lost some of its biggest clients to the financial industry collapse. Leslie was a high performer who routinely put in 16 hours days. So when she got the news that she was laid off, she descended into a spiral of self doubt. But one critical meeting weeks later helped her get her confidence back. Now, Leslie sees there may have been a bright side to losing her job.